gus-malzahn Stories - Team Speed Kills
What Is Auburn Getting in Scot Loeffler?
Auburn has hired Scot Loeffler as its offensive coordinator. Just what is the school getting with him? A difficult name to spell. People have a hard time with even simple names. I could have bought a car if I had a nickel for every time I saw Urban's name spelled "Myer" or "Meyers". I could upgrade...
It Doesn't Matter What Offense Auburn Runs
"I think Gene Chizik is torn between what type of system(offense) he wants to run moving forward"- @TomLuginbill — Cole Cubelic (@colecubelic) January 20, 2012 I have a couple of guesses as to why Chizik is having trouble with this issue. One is that things were inconsistent with Gus...
The SEC Coaching Carousel Scorecard
With the regular season well in the books and the bowl season full upon us that means the annual coaching carousel is in full swing. Keeping track of it all can be a bit confusing in a normal year but throw in the prospect of keeping track of new programs due to conference expansion and it's almost...
Just How Bad Is It at Auburn?
I know Auburn didn't have the banner year in 2011 that it had in 2010, but anyone who thought they were going to was out of touch with reality. You can't lose more than 30 players, many of them veteran leaders, off of a team and expect to compete for conference championships. That Auburn went 4-4...
The Challenge for the SEC's Two Newest Coaches
The new coaching hires at Ole Miss and Texas A&M are notable in their similarities. Yes, it's true that they don't subscribe to the Neanderball offenses that the SEC is known for, but it's more than that. Both Hugh Freeze and Kevin Sumlin are adherents to the hurry up offense. The SEC already...
Who Should Ole Miss Prioritize: RichRod or Mike Leach?
I honestly don't have any good idea what direction the Ole Miss coaching search will go in. In 1998, the school hired the offensive coordinator from the soon-to-be national champions in David Cutcliffe. He helped get them Eli Manning and had a 10-win season, but he was fired after seven years....
Auburn 42, Utah State 38: The Tigers Escape
Auburn has defeated Utah State by the score of 42-38. It took a furious comeback from 10 points down in the final four minutes. Read those two sentences again. Everyone figured Auburn was going to fall back from its national championship level of a year ago, but no one thought they'd start 2011...
Year2 Brand SEC Picks: 2011 Edition
See here for last year's picks and here for the evaluation of them. Timing is everything in college football. It's going to be a major theme of my picks this year, as there are some outcomes that I don't think make that much sense in any other light. Honestly, I don't really like this set of picks....
Year2 Brand SEC Football Picks: 2010 Edition
I have to say, I found making this year's picks significantly more difficult than last year's, which I got 80.2% correct. I just feel like I had a better grasp on things a year ago than I do now. A lot of that has to do with the fact that I think more than half of the SEC will be better. Alabama...
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